Mine Index 0851 Tilton Mining Company, Tilton No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0851

Company Name:	Tilton Mining Company
Mine Name:	Tilton No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	June 1949
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	97
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

27

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

27

SW NE NW

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Danville

90-130

5.67-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joseph Pichon (add)	Pichon (add)	1933-1941	33,905

Tilton Mining Company (add)	Tilton No. 2 (add)	1941-1949	546,667

Total Production: 580,572

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352914

7-1949

1:1200

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352914, reel 03141, frame 51 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.